Nicaragua's Congress approved a sweeping amnesty law during a Saturday sess...
MANAGUA - Nicaragua’s Congress approved a sweeping amnesty law during a Saturday session that will offer protection to police and others who took part in a violent clampdown on anti-government protesters over the past year.
The law was approved by 70 votes from Ortega’s Sandinista National Liberation Front in the 92-member chamber. It also allows for the release of detainees arrested during anti-Ortega protests, individuals who the former Marxist guerilla has dubbed terrorists.“We are witnessing an act of sovereignty that seeks peace and reconciliation,” lawmaker Edwin Castro, who leads the FSLN caucus in the Congress, said during debate on the proposal.
More than 700 people were arrested in demonstrations and 325 mostly opposition protesters died in clashes with security forces, while over 60,000 Nicaraguans have gone into exile due to political strife over the last 14 months, rights groups say. “The amnesty is a promise of impunity for those who committed crimes under the orders of Ortega and Rosario Murillo,” said Maria Teresa Blandon, a member of the opposition Blue and White National Unity movement.
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